Peter D. Warwick, Ph.D.
Peter Warwick is a Senior Research Geologist for the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, and Science Coordinator for Carbon Sequestration and Energy Storage for the Energy Resources Program office in Reston, VA.
Peter's scientific and technical specialties include sedimentology, stratigraphy, the geology of fossil fuels, and geologic carbon sequestration. His career with the USGS has focused on energy-related research, exploration, and resource assessments in various sedimentary basins in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific research publications. In addition, Dr. Warwick has served as the President of the Energy Minerals Division of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and is an AAPG Charles Taylor Fellow. He has been President of The Society for Organic Petrology, and Chair of the Coal Geology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA). He is a GSA Fellow and an active member of several scientific journal review boards.
Professional Experience
Supervisory Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia
Resident Research Associate, U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Council
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Geology, University of Kentucky
M.S. Geology, North Carolina State University
B.S. Political Science and Geology, North Carolina State University
Science and Products
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Coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the lower Wilcox group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana Coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the lower Wilcox group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana
The lower part of the Wilcox Group of northwest Louisiana contains shallow (less than 500 ft) coal deposits that are mined for use in mine-mouth electric power-generating plants. The coal deposits, which are lignite A in apparent rank (Pierce et al., 2011), occur on the eastern part of the Sabine uplift (Figure 1). The coal zones and associated strata in the assessment area generally dip...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Steven M. Podwysocki, Adam C. Schultz
Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox group, central Texas Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox group, central Texas
Coal deposits in the Wilcox Group of central Texas have been regarded as the richest coal resources in the Gulf Coastal Plain. Although minable coal beds appear to be less numerous and generally higher in sulfur content (1 percent average, as-received basis; table 1) than Wilcox coal deposits in the Northeast Texas and Louisiana Sabine assessment areas (0.5 and 0.6 percent sulfur...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Adam C. Schultz, Douglas J. Nichols, Sharon M. Swanson
Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox Group, Northeast Texas Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox Group, Northeast Texas
The surface exposure of the Paleocene Wilcox Group in northeast Texas varies in width from 9 to 27 mi along an arcuate outcrop that extends southwest approximately 156 mi from the Texas-Arkansas State line to 32° latitude. Parts of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Henderson, Hopkins, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Titus, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties are included in this outcrop belt (Figure 1)...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Douglas J. Nichols, Sharon M. Swanson
A review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky A review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky
This review of the lignite deposits of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area in western Kentucky (Figure 1) is an updated report on part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resource Assessment of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province (see Ruppert et al., 2002; Hackley et al., 2006; Dennen, 2009; and other chapters of this publication). Lignite deposits of western...
Authors
Paul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, Roger E. Thomas, Douglas J. Nichols
Front matter: Preface, acknowledgements, table of contents Front matter: Preface, acknowledgements, table of contents
This volume is the fifth in a series of reports by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on the assessment of the quantity and quality of the nation’s coal deposits that potentially could be mined during the next few decades. For eight years (1995-2003), geologic, geochemical, and resource information was collected and compiled for the five major coal-producing regions of the United States...
Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas
The lignite deposits within the upper Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group) and the overlying Jackson Group are among the coal resources that were not quantitatively assessed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) program in the Gulf Coastal Plain coal province. In the past, these lignite-bearing stratigraphic units often have been...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon M. Swanson, Paul C. Hackley
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 189
Coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the lower Wilcox group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana Coal resources for the Chemard Lake (Naborton No. 2) coal zone of the lower Wilcox group (Paleocene), northwestern Louisiana
The lower part of the Wilcox Group of northwest Louisiana contains shallow (less than 500 ft) coal deposits that are mined for use in mine-mouth electric power-generating plants. The coal deposits, which are lignite A in apparent rank (Pierce et al., 2011), occur on the eastern part of the Sabine uplift (Figure 1). The coal zones and associated strata in the assessment area generally dip...
Authors
Peter D. Warwick, Steven M. Podwysocki, Adam C. Schultz
Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox group, central Texas Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox group, central Texas
Coal deposits in the Wilcox Group of central Texas have been regarded as the richest coal resources in the Gulf Coastal Plain. Although minable coal beds appear to be less numerous and generally higher in sulfur content (1 percent average, as-received basis; table 1) than Wilcox coal deposits in the Northeast Texas and Louisiana Sabine assessment areas (0.5 and 0.6 percent sulfur...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Adam C. Schultz, Douglas J. Nichols, Sharon M. Swanson
Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox Group, Northeast Texas Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox Group, Northeast Texas
The surface exposure of the Paleocene Wilcox Group in northeast Texas varies in width from 9 to 27 mi along an arcuate outcrop that extends southwest approximately 156 mi from the Texas-Arkansas State line to 32° latitude. Parts of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Henderson, Hopkins, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Titus, Van Zandt, and Wood Counties are included in this outcrop belt (Figure 1)...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Douglas J. Nichols, Sharon M. Swanson
A review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky A review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky
This review of the lignite deposits of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area in western Kentucky (Figure 1) is an updated report on part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resource Assessment of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province (see Ruppert et al., 2002; Hackley et al., 2006; Dennen, 2009; and other chapters of this publication). Lignite deposits of western...
Authors
Paul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, Roger E. Thomas, Douglas J. Nichols
Front matter: Preface, acknowledgements, table of contents Front matter: Preface, acknowledgements, table of contents
This volume is the fifth in a series of reports by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on the assessment of the quantity and quality of the nation’s coal deposits that potentially could be mined during the next few decades. For eight years (1995-2003), geologic, geochemical, and resource information was collected and compiled for the five major coal-producing regions of the United States...
Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas
The lignite deposits within the upper Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group) and the overlying Jackson Group are among the coal resources that were not quantitatively assessed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) program in the Gulf Coastal Plain coal province. In the past, these lignite-bearing stratigraphic units often have been...
Authors
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon M. Swanson, Paul C. Hackley
Non-USGS Publications**
Warwick, P.D., 1985, Depositional environments and petrology of the Felix coal interval (Eocene), Powder River Basin, Wyoming: Lexington, University of Kentucky, Ph.D. dissertation, 333 p. 27 figs., https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ees_etds/74/.
Flores, R.M., and Warwick, P.D., 1984, Dynamics of coal deposition in intermontane alluvial paleoenvironments, Eocene Wasatch Formation, Powder River Basin, Wyoming, in 1984 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Geology of Rocky Mountain Coal, Houghton, R.L., and Clausen, E.N., eds.: North Dakota Geological Society Special Publication 84-1, p. 184-199, 11 figs.
Belt, E.S., Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., Conway, K.M., Johnson, K.R., and Waskowitz, R.S., 1984, Relationship of fluvio-deltaic facies to coal deposition in the Lower Fort Union Formation (Paleocene), south-western North Dakota, in Sedimentology of coal and coal-bearing sequences, Rahmani, R.A., and Flores, R.M., eds.: International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication no. 7, p. 177-198, 19 figs.
Warwick, P.D., 1982, The geology of some lignite-bearing fluvial deposits (Paleocene), southwestern North Dakota: Raleigh, North Carolina State University, M.S. thesis, 116 p., 20 figs., https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.20/45025.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.